Japanese Folklore & Mythology: An Anime, Manga, Film Primer
Summary:
Get more from reading & viewing when you understand cultural background! Join an award-winning author to learn basics of Japanese & other Asian mythology in a folklore primer, with media examples.
Description:
We know vamps, werewolves and Robin Hood, but what Eastern references do creators expect audiences to pick up? Can you recognize in-jokes or cultural references? Get more from reading and viewing when you understand the background! What are those odd creatures that show up in your favorite anime or film? What's the difference between a bakemono and an ayakashi? Join an award-winning author to learn the basics of Japanese and other Asian mythology in this folklore primer, with media examples.
Ryuuko Matoi is a vagrant school girl traveling from place to place searching for clues to the truth behind her father's death—the "woman with the scissor blade." Aniplex: Episodes 1-5
Don't know an anime, we'll tell ya! From those shores of sand, for the endless, everlasting world out there, we're talking about... One Piece.
Description:
Breaking down the world of One Piece... wish us luck! Come on in and listen in on the tale that is far too long to watch. We'll talk about every season, give honorable mentions to some characters, and at the end there's a chance to win a prize!
Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine: The story of how the fashionable femme fatale Fujiko Mine first met Lupin III, anime's greatest thief. Funimation: Episodes 1-5
Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki encounter a magical creature named Kyube and are offered the opportunity of gaining magical powers if they agree to make a contract Aniplex: Episodes 1-5